Say the situation is desperate. And coming up on the news channel at a50, David Shukman reports on the battle to preserve the Worlds Largest rainforest, in amazon under threat. Senior ministers have rejected claims by their former cabinet colleague, amber rudd, that securing a new brexit deal is no longer the governments main objective. Amber rudd, who resigned last night as work and pensions secretary, said up to 90 of the governments time is now spent preparing for a no deal departure at the end of october. She described the expulsion of 21 conservative mps who oppose no deal as an assault on decency and democracy. Our Political Correspondent helen catt reports. Reporter morning amber. Amber rudd says that when she accepted a post in borisjohnsons cabinet she did so in good faith, believing he wanted a brexit deal, but since then she had seen little evidence that the government was putting in enough preparation to get one. There is this huge machine preparing for no deal, which is fi
Aid agencies say the situation is desperate. Good evening. Senior ministers have rejected claims by their former cabinet colleague, amber rudd that securing a new brexit deal is no longer the governments main objective. Amber rudd, who resigned last night as work and pensions secretary, said up to 90 of the governments time is now spent preparing for a no dael departure at the end of october. She described the expulsion of 21 conservative mps who oppose no deal as an assault on decency and democracy. Our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. Reporter morning amber. Amber rudd says that when she accepted a post in Boris Johnsons cabinet, she did so in good faith, believing he wanted a brexit deal. But since then, shed seen little evidence that the government was putting in enough preparation to get one. There is this huge machine preparing for no deal, which is fine. You might expect in the balance between getting a deal and no deal 50 50 in terms of work, but its not that, its
It will feel quite a lot warmer as well, but there is some wet and windy weather there in the north west later on. Hello, this is bbc news. Iam martine i am martine croxall. The headlines amber rudd quits borisjohnsons cabinet, attacking his handling of brexit the government insists it is doing all it can to get a new deal. You might expect in the balance between getting a deal and no deal, 50 50 in terms of work, but its not that. Its, like, 80, 90 of government time going into preparing for no deal. We are working wholeheartedly, straining every sinew to get a deal, and the Prime Minister is personally putting in all the significant effort you would expect. Peace talks between the taliban and the us are called off President Trump blames a deadly attack in the afghan capital, kabul. Hours to go before British Airways pilots go on strike, affecting up to 300,000 passengers. Joy for australia theyve retained the ashes, after bowling out england on the final day of the fourth test at old
Joy for australia. Theyve retained the ashes after bowling out england on the final day of the fourth test at old trafford. Good evening. Government ministers have dismissed the accusation of a former senior colleague that too little effort is going into securing a new Brexit Agreement with the eu. Amber rudd, who resigned from the cabinet last night, said today that the vast majority of brexit focused work was going towards no deal and that there were no formal negotiations with brussels. Shes also called the expulsion of 21 conservative mps opposed to no deal an assault on decency and democracy. The chancellor sajid javid says the government hasnt given up on a deal and is sticking to plans to leave at the end of october, come what may. 0ur Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake reports. From cabinet minister to backbench mp overnight, amber rudd walked out of government no longer believing the Prime Ministers priority was to get a new brexit deal. This morning im joined by the now f
Part of an overall Unemployment Rate of 5. 3 injuly. All of which has had people taking to social media. Kerry allen works for Bbc Monitoring and has been observing Social Media Activity in china discussing this move. What are people saying in china about this move to stop counting Youth Unemployment . This has been a major Talking Point on social media and state media have reported this is not something young people should worry about and that things are projected to improve from august onwards but on social media a lot of comments that i have seen are very cynical, showing that statistically unemployment has been rising since the beginning of the year, and they are commenting things like, everything is stable, everything is improving, and the idea that if you do not see the data, it is not a problem. Sarcasm is clearly not data, it is not a problem. Sarcasm is clearly not dead data, it is not a problem. Sarcasm is clearly not dead over data, it is not a problem. Sarcasm is clearly no